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About the Daini Tokyo Bar Association

1. A strong ally in times of need

Your day-to-day life is surrounded by potential legal issues, including divorce, inheritance, problems concerning leased land or leased houses, trouble with neighbors and employment issues to name but a few. When any of these sorts of issues becomes a concern, please do not hesitate to contact Daini Tokyo Bar Association (the "Association").
The Association's Legal Counseling Center provides legal counseling as required within the various regions of Tokyo, and offers introductions to attorneys who can help.
Criminal cases do not always just happen to other people. There is always a chance that sometime in the future you might be rightly or wrongly considered a suspect in a criminal case. If this should ever happen to you, your attorney will be your ally. The Association dispatches "Toban-Bengoshi" ("Attorney-on-Duty") to those who require legal support, as well as assigning member attorneys as court-appointed attorneys.

2. Advocating and operating to protect human rights and to realize a better society

The Association strives to introduce judicial reforms in order to realize a more accessible judicial system. As part of these efforts, the Association supports the educational activities of the Omiya Law School. In relation to social issues, including consumer and environmental issues, the Association provides telephone counseling services (Hyaku-to-ban) when necessary, working to understand the details of the situation and acting to solve problems arising. The Association sees activities in the public interest as mandatory, and encourages member attorneys to act in the public interest in a wide variety of capacities. The Association plans to continue this advocacy and these activities into the future to protect human rights and realize a better society.

3. Supporting attorney activities and providing direction to enhance their reliability

The Association maintains a joint library with Tokyo Bar Association. In addition, the Association supports member attorneys by providing for them research referrals, based upon the Bar Act, to both private and public organizations. The Association provides training programs to newly registered attorneys. It also enhances and makes mandatory continued training programs so that member attorneys act, as professionals, with higher ethical standards and juridical knowledge.
Furthermore, the Association provides a consultation service to listen to clients' complaints about attorneys. When conflicts arise between clients and member attorneys, the Association attempts to settle the conflict through mediation by the committee on conflict mediation as requested. Member attorneys guilty of misconduct are treated in accordance with disciplinary proceedings held, so that discipline among member attorneys is maintained. Within the Association, Association members handle problems that arise internally and take responsibility to see that they are properly resolved.